For this mission, Nan Ming prepared for four months, from the dispute between the messengers to the terms of negotiations and the contribution of the diplomats, he was red in the slightest of the dispute. However, the actual mission was done in one day, and Zuo Maodi had to bring this unprecedented bad news back to Jiangnan.

The war is about to begin!

After being driven out of the palace, they led the mission, and the two of them rubbed at the palace gate for a long time, and even paid the money to bribe the palace gate guards to meet the prince or Mao Jue again. Unfortunately, let alone being caught with the pension, they were ruined. Just these bastards wanted to grab their jobs, the guards ignored them at all.

Standing on Chengtian Gate, watching the group walk away with their heads drooping heavily like outside the city. Mao Jue couldn't help but smile on the corner of his mouth.

Indeed, the focus of starting a war is to break into the empire like the German army in World War II, giving a fatal blow. Like Mao Jue, he told others in front of the entire court that I will go to fuck you next year, wash your neck first and wait! It all has the meaning of "benevolence and righteousness" in the Song Xiang formula, which gives the Southern Ming time to prepare for war.

However, will those guys who speak of benevolence, righteousness and morality prepare for war? In history, half of the capital was lost. These Donglin Party members, who were known as gentlemen, were busy fighting and were spared no effort to posthumously enthrone the former ministers, taking advantage of the opportunity to overturn all the verdicts in the history of the Ming Dynasty that they could not see, and did not add a single army or silver to the front line. When the Qing army headed south, they were instantly defeated.

If the ministers of the Southern Ming Dynasty could unite and actively prepare for war in this time and space, Mao Jue could still look up to them.

The question is, can they?

With a snorted, and carrying a big sleeve on his back, Mao Jue turned around and returned to the palace.

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Time passed by bit by bit, and the biggest historical turning point in history. In the 17th year of Chongzhen and 1644 AD, it was passed smoothly in such peace. After the Chinese New Year, the Chongzhen reign also became history. Mao Jue ordered the change of the reign of the reign of the Ming Dynasty, which on the one hand indicates that he would transform the Ming Dynasty from closure to openness. On the other hand, it was a great change in the national policy of Hongguang reign of the Southern Ming Dynasty.

In the past six months, the entire north has been focused on the Iron Boss. Local officials in various places have made iron their achievements. Even in the cold winter, the railway construction site has not been broken. In February of the following year, the Xulei Railway, which was heading north and south, was really built at the gate of Xuzhou. Thanks to the Xuzhou General Liu Liangzuo, as long as the money is given, even if Mao Jue declares war on Jiangnan, the guy still mobilized more than a dozen battalions of infantry to help Dongjiang pave the road.

Mao Jue also kept his word. Wherever the railway was connected, the grain produced in Heilongjiang granaries came in boxes, and used labor-for-relief as the payment for local residents as the wages for building railways.

However, new items like trains still caused great shock among the people, such as Tancheng, Shandong, which is closest to Xuzhou.

I received a notice from Liao Town to test the railway. Early in the morning, the Tancheng County Magistrate Zhao Jin also wore a black hat and led the county public security, county industry and commerce, and county banking staff to wait early on at the station near the city gate, waiting for the welcome supplies.

Looking at the frozen rails in January, Liu Deguan, a county judge who was also from Jiangnan, was quite nervous and couldn't help but mutter in a low voice.

"I heard that the Kun of Liao Town is eight feet tall, with a copper head and iron forehead, and a flame spurt of fire. He has the courage of thousands of men and his strength can break through the mountains. I really don't know what kind of monster he is!"

"Yes! Yes! I heard that there were more than a dozen county officials in Fucheng County, a neighboring county, so scared that they could not get up on the ground!"

Listening to his subordinates whispering, the fat and lit-up face of the county magistrate Zhao Jin immediately appeared on the plate, and he raised his head proudly.

"Zi Buyu's strange power and chaos, what kind of Kun, it's just a bigger carriage. It's embarrassing to see that you have never seen the world!"

"It's still the county magistrate who is calm!"

"Yes! No wonder the adults were promoted as soon as they came, and they were so trusted by the King of Liao."

"Sir, Mount Tai collapsed before his face remained unchanged!"

A series of flatteries came overwhelmingly, and Zhao Jin, who always flattered people, felt even more comfortable holding his head high.

"My colleagues have praised you! I just read more books and went to more places. Everyone is loyal to the Regent, haha!"

As he spoke, the county police in the distance rode a horse and waved a red flag. Then in the morning mist, a huge red eye slowly came into his eyes, and he could still feel the huge shock coming towards him.

The train is coming!

The discussions suddenly stopped. Each county official held his breath and looked north nervously. After a moment, a strong wind suddenly blew hard on his face. Suddenly, the front of the car dragging black smoke suddenly broke through the morning mist and appeared in shock in front of the people in Tancheng County. Then the deafening whistle sounded buzzing, and the dark green train dragon flashed in front of him like a flash.

"This..., this is simply..., this is a miracle! The Regent can use the dragon! It is really the true emperor! The true emperor!"

The old man's face turned pale, Liu Deguan shouted loudly with a trembling mouth, and then he screamed excitedly again.

"Mr. County Magistrate, look! It's really a magical thing! Huh? County Magistrate, where are the county Magistrates?"

With a greeting, everyone came to their senses and looked forward, but after a moment, everyone was ridiculous and whispered. The county magistrate Zhao, who had just claimed to be knowledgeable, was stuck on the ground like a large dough, and kept kowtowing, muttering constantly.

"There is really Kun! God! There is really Kun!"

The train rushed forward for more than a hundred meters in inertia, and then it stopped abruptly under the brakes of Shis's sparks. Then the train door opened, and Liaodong infantry wearing black cotton armored military coats and carrying flintlock rifles jumped down with great courage.

In the front carriage, a dozen capable sergeants who were not easy to mess with at first glance immediately jumped down with a well-trained and arranged on the wall to guard the left and right. Then a middle-aged man wearing an extremely dark military coat and an extremely majestic and solemn man, just like Lord Zhang in "The Old Nine Gate", was wearing gloves while asking.

"Where is the local official here?"

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While the north is slowly regaining its vitality, the south is becoming increasingly noisy.

As Mao Jue expected, after Zuo Maodi returned to Nanjing, he immediately caused a fierce rebound from the literati and officials in the Southern Ming Dynasty. He also admired the mouths of these literati. At the first time, from Qian Qianyi to Lu Degong, a large group of Jiangzuo families shouted that the prince was fake, and that Mao Jue was bold and private, with the purpose of making power aside.

Immediately afterwards, various literati turned into detectives, and articles were written with slightest eyes, from Li Zicheng entering the city to how they harmed Emperor Chongzhen and the prince and his family, and vividly suppressed Mao Jue's news and how they found the folk children to impersonate the name, just as they saw it with their own eyes.

There were also countless witnesses who pointed out how Mao Jue cruelly persecuted the prince to death, forced Princess Changping to marry her, and then ravaged her in the mansion every day. Anyway, all kinds of sewage were poured on Mao Jue. For a moment, Mao Jue seemed to have become a rat crossing the street in the south, and everyone shouted and beat her.

But for the upcoming war, these Jiangnan scholars and officials did nothing!

Shi Kefa, who is in Yangzhou, and Ma Shiying, the governor of Fengyang, were panicked. While Ma Shiying wanted to transfer the Chu army of Zuo Liangyu from Huguang to Jiangnan to defend, he kept writing letters to Mao Jue that Ma Yaocao was a real person. In the letter, he simply said that he would rule the river and recognize each other.

As for Shi Kefa in Yangzhou, he was desperately trying to get Latin to strengthen Jiangbei's defense. Unfortunately, Zuo Liangyu didn't want to move on the other side of Ma Shiying. Now he regards Huguang as his territory. At the end of last year, Mao Jue drove Li Zicheng into Huguang. Compared with history, Li Zicheng's power is also weaker. Zuo Liangyu is ready to fight to the death with the remnants of the peasant army.

On the other hand, the wave of loss of the master has not passed, and even the salt merchants are a little worried. Moreover, Mao Jue has a good reputation among the merchants, and there are few people who are enthusiastic about defending Yangzhou City. The biggest salt merchant does not pay money and hopes to rely on Jiangnan to get a drop in the bucket.

These two are the only two who have taken action in the Hongguang Dynasty. Zhu Yousong himself is worse than a cup of wine. Life is in the end! Faced with Mao Jue's aggressive war signal, Ying Tian did not even have a tough response to the war. He just continued to send envoys to the north to question Mao Jue's false establishment of the emperor. In private, these gentlemen who shouted to protect the Ming Dynasty were similar to Ma Shiying, and they also wanted to rule the river and make it easy to discuss the matter.

As for the more than 400,000 troops in the three towns in Jiangbei, which were regarded as the iron wall of the Great Wall by the Southern Ming Dynasty, there was no preparation for war.

Even Liu Liangzuo from Xuzhou was still proud. Early in the morning, he stood at the head of Xuzhou city, drinking while humming happily at the generals under his command.

"This Mao Manzi really has so much money and has no place to spend it. He has a million taels of silver and has taken out so much good steel to make these two iron chopsticks. What's the use? Haha!"

"This easily makes one million taels into his pocket, and he makes tens of thousands of kilograms of fine iron in vain. How many swords and guns can he build? Once this Mao Manzi comes to the city, we will dismantle these broken iron chopsticks, use his iron to make arrows, and shoot them on Mao Manzi's head."

"I don't know how wonderful his face will be, haha!"

He laughed and poured the wine into his stomach. Following his generals, the deputy generals immediately slapped them in a flattery manner.

"Jun Ye said very well!"

"Our Marquis is wise! That Mao Manzi just compensated his wife and his troops!"

But there are still some people who are not confused. Liu Liangzuo's confidant soldiers muttered with concern: "Dongweng! The Liaodong where Mao Manzi is located is very good at witchcraft. The Qing Tartars won every battle in a variety of battles, which was the way to jump into the masters later. They were invulnerable to swords and guns. Can these iron chopsticks be a curse set by Mao Manzi and break the Feng Shui of Xuzhou?"

"Bird! I have never seen any spells in my life! If you have the ability, let the Mao man ask me for a heavenly soldier and general to see!"

Coincidentally, Liu Liangzuo picked up the wine pot again with disdain, and a heavy shock of shock came from the north again, accompanied by a roar.

"What's this?"

Half drunk, Liu Liangzuo poked his head out of the city wall in shock. In the same morning mist, a huge red eye appeared. Then, the heavy iron guy appeared in Liu Liangzuo's unbelievable eyes.
Chapter completed!